Chapter 198

I was down for the count, my entire body still humming from what we had done, but I couldn’t resist Dain, not when he asked so sweetly.

“One more?” He purred, showing me with his tongue exactly what he meant.

I didn’t stop him, not when he coaxed a third earth-shattering orgasm from me, or when he pulled my limp body into his arms and tucked us both under the blankets.

Even as he stroked my shoulders and back with his feather light touch, whispering wishes and promises he had never allowed himself to speak out loud, I couldn’t bring myself to chase sleep. I was hardwired to the sound of his voice, to the healthy thud of his heart, and to the pattern of his breathing. I’d never been held like this before, so wrapped in another person that I felt invincible, completely above the world around us and its happenings.

I didn’t want to sleep because I didn’t want this to end.

“Is this what falling in love feels like?” I asked out loud, smiling against his chest as his heart skipped a beat. “